- From: Larry G. Hull <Larry.G.Hull@gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:01:56 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
The following two comments are from a friend who uses a braille
reader and Netscape.
(1) When I click the [unwrap table] button, all that apparently happens
is that a statement is added below the menu bar, which reads:
_________________________________________________________________
Summary: Layout table can be unwrapped for screen reader access. The
first part contains news, 'about WAI', participation information, and
a search form. The second part lists WAI resources.
_________________________________________________________________
Since the bar itself says:
_________________________________________________________________
News … About WAI … Participation … Resources … Search … [unwrap table]
_________________________________________________________________
I confess, I don't get the point, except that this could presumably
contain some expanded information when necessary.
(2) By the way, I don't know how the menu bar appears in print, but
in braille, the header separators look like numeral 7's (%B7); NOT TOO
SPIFFY! -- What's wrong with standard ASCII | (pipe, %7C)? It's perfectly
clear and "THE SAME" for any application. Before we start using extended
codes for general use, I think we better "standardize" the interpretation
-- if that's not a contradiction in terminology.
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